“Call me gypsy, or call me refugee,
This heart of mine is always migrant.
I've got no use for silicon or gold,
World is my bane, world, my ointment.”
Source: Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn
“Exploring our history isn’t about wallowing in shame. We cannot ever own the attitudes and actions of our ancestors. But if we fail to see the legacy of tragic, discriminatory and
inhumane events, we allow their influence to continue.”
Source: Mind the Inclusion Gap: How allies can bridge the divide between talking diversity and taking action
“My life is testament to the dream of united earth.”
Source: Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn
“To a fisherfolk, everyone was a gryphon and everyone was an opinicus.”
Source: Eyrie
“Offsprings of Africa
(Black History Sonnet)
If a black family lives
long enough in a cold climate,
in about 100 generations or so,
their descendants will be born white.
This is how the white people were born,
Because we all come from a black mother.
No matter where we live on earth,
We're all Africans - our homeland, Africa.
Till you get this anthropological fact,
You are but a traitor to earth.
Black History is World History,
We are all offsprings of Africa.”
Source: Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch
“Just like freedom, Truth is not cheap. Yet both are worth more than all the gold in the world. But what is freedom, if there is no truth? And what is truth, if there is no freedom? Both are worth fighting for — because one without the other would be hell.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Black History is World History.”
Source: Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch
“Culture supreme is inclusion.”
Source: Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn
“I exist when you exist;
You exist, therefore I exist.
Shared existence is only existence,
Scared existence is existence ruined.”
Source: Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One
“Dissent is the cousin of diversity; the respect for a wide range of beliefs. This begins by allowing people the space to say “no.” If we cannot say “no” then “yes” has no meaning”